Paul Yates

January 28, 2013

YATES, Paul D. "Captain" Sr., 85, of Mingo Junction, Ohio, went to be with the Lord on Sunday January 27, 2013, at Trinity Medical Center West in Steubenville, Ohio.

He was born March 24, 1927, in Mingo Junction, Ohio, a son of the late Paul and Martha (Dean) Yates. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Richard Yates; and a half-sister, Paula Eddy.

Paul served his country in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He worked at Weirton Steel Corp., where he started out as a millwright then retired as a foreman at the coke plant in 1982. He also worked part time doing electrical and maintenance work for the Village of Mingo.

Captain was a member of the Mingo First United Presbyterian Church, and also a member of the former Raynes United Methodist Church in Mingo. Paul was a volunteer fireman for 50 years at the Mingo Fire Department, and also a member of the Mingo American Legion Post 351.

Friends will be received at the Mingo First United Presbyterian Church on Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., and also on Wednesday from noon until the time of his funeral services at 1 p.m. with Pastor Kenn Sickle officiating. Interment will follow at Oakland Cemetery in Mingo, with military honors by the Brilliant and Mingo American Legions and fire department honors by the Mingo Fire Department.